---
name: "Jim Ladd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-ladd"
fi1m_id: "jim-ladd"
imdb_id: "nm0480462"
tmdb_id: 927859
wikidata_id: "Q6196249"
roles: []
born: "17 January 1948"
died: "17 December 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T22:46:55.471460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Ladd

## Identity

Jim Ladd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-ladd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-ladd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0480462
- **TMDB ID:** 927859
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6196249
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ladd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6196249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/927859

Actor. Born 17 January 1948 in Lynwood, California, USA. Died 17 December 2023.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 January 1948, Lynwood, California, USA
- **Died:** 17 December 2023
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ladd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6196249, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/927859

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*When You're Strange*](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jim Ladd (1948–2023) was an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer. He began his career in 1969 at KNAC in Long Beach, California, and later worked at stations including KLOS and KMET in Los Angeles, where he hosted the nationally syndicated interview programme *Innerview* on over 160 stations from 1974 to 1986.

Ladd provided voice work as a disc jockey or radio host in several films, including *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), *Say Anything...* (1989), *She's Out of Control* (1989) and *When You're Strange* (2010). He also appeared in the 1987 Roger Waters album *Radio K.A.O.S.* and its accompanying tour and videos. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 and was the inspiration for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 2002 song 'The Last DJ'.

Ladd joined SiriusXM in 2011 and hosted on its Deep Tracks channel until his death. He was married to Helene Hodge.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, as D.J. (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *When You're Strange* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Self (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Glory Days* (2014), Actor
- *Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!* (1989), as Newscaster
- *Say Anything...* (1989), as D.J. (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *She's Out of Control* (1989), as KHEY-FM 97.5 (voice)
- *Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.* (1988), as Jim - DJ
- *On the Air Live with Captain Midnight* (1979), as Disc Jockey

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